Wringer



' Jan. 22, 1929.

I B. STOCKING 3 WRINGER Original Filed Aug. 18, 1925 .f l 4 I IIIIIII.

Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

UNITED [STATES teasn PATENT OFFICE.

BERT A. 'srocxme, or DENVER, ooLonAn assIenon r FRANK n. srnnnsm'rn,

reverse, or DES MOINES, IOWA.

WRINGE B.

7 Substitute for previously abandoned application Serial No. 50,945, filed August 18, 1925.. This application filed July 7, 1928.

i The object of my invention is to provide a wringer of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, having one of the wringer rolls adjustably and yieldably mount-ed relative to the other in such a manner that a considarable amount of movement is provided hetween said rollers, and in connection therewith to provide means whereby the said rollers may be easily and quickly thrown out of operative relation with each other.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects eontemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed oua in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of my imroved Wringer,.a portion of'the frame being Broken away to show in detail certain mechanism.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same,

a showing one portion of the spring housing broken away.v r Figure3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 33 ofFigure 1; and

. Figure fl is a detail sectional view taken on theline 44 of Figure 1,

My improved device comprises a support ing bracket 10, which is of the swinging type, and is provided at its upper end with a gear housing 11 in which is enclosed the ordinary 'wrii'iger driving and reversing mechanism. The member 10 is provlded with a bracket 12,

near its upper surface in which mounted a roller shaft 18, said shaft being designedto carry the'roller 19 and having one end extending into the gear housing 11, said roller 19 being mounted above the member 14, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 8. r

lneach end of the member 16 Iii-have pro vided a pair of vertical openings 20, eachmounted therein.

to whirh is secured the wringer frame 13. Sand frame member comprises ahorizontal central portions.

Serial No. 291,145.

of said openings being provided with a sleeve 21, which is slidably mounted therein. The

which are slidably mounted in the member 16, y

and designed to carry the roller 25, solthat said roller may be moved from and toward the roller 19. l

For actuating the up and damn movement of said frame, I have provided atthe lower end of the pair of sleeves 21 a bar 26, which is provided at each end witha bolt27 which extends upwardly into the sleeve 21 and has at its upper end ahead 28. A spring 29 is provided for each of thebolts 27', thelower end of the spring resting against an inwardly turned flange 30- at the lower endof the sleeves. V

Adjacent to the lower edge of one of the -members 15 I have provided a pair of lugs The head members 22 are provided 1 31, each ofwhich is provided vith a circularopening Each oft-he openings 32 is provide'dwith a disc 33, which is rotatively A shaft 34 extends through both of sai-d'discs 33 and is placed 'discs 33 I have provided a lever 36, one end of which is pivot-ally connected at the lower edge of the side flanges 37 of the member 15 by means of the pivot 38. The opposite end of the lever 36 is provided-with a slot- 39, said slots being designed to receive a rod 40 which connects both of said members 26 near their Each of the levers36 is also provided with av slot 41, said slots 41 being designed to receive the shaft 3%.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be seen that the lever 35 is placed at a position where it inclines slightly below the horizontal, and that the discs are so adjusted relative to said lever that the inner ends of the levers 36 will he moved to an elevated position and the block 26 caused to engage the lower ends of the sleeves 21 and to slide said sleeves mp wardly through the block 16 in such a man ner thatthe roller 25 will be separated a considerable distance from the roller 19. This is the normal position of the wringer rolls when not in use.

When it is desired to operate the wringer, the lever 'is swung from position illustrated in Figure 2, to the osition shown in Figures 1 and 3, which w1ll cause the discs 33 to be rotated and the shaft 34 to be lowered, which in turn will cause the inner ends of the levers .36 to be lowered and the bars 26 and the roller25 lowered until the said tively lar e amount of yieldable movement whileun er tension between the wringer rollers, permittin heavy pieces of material,

such as bed clothes, and the like, to be .30

operated on.

It will be seen that the tension between the said'wringer rollers may be almost instantly released by simply throwing the upper end of the handle 35 outwardly, which will not only release thetension but will also throw the upper wringer roller away from the lower wringer roller, permitting any articles to be conveniently and quickly removed.

. The slots 41 are of such length, and arranged in such manner, that when the lever 1 25 is in vertical position, the shaft 34 will I engage the outer end of the slot, the disc be-' ing arranged in such position that the tenlever 35 s'ion on the levers 36 and the springs 29 will cause the said shaft 34 to be rotated toward the end of said slot, therebysupporting the ermanently in a vertical position without the use of catches or similar devices. In other words, the shaft 34 is mounted in such a'manner as to slightly pass the center of the disc 33. By this arrangement it will be seen that the tension on the roller 25 may be instantly released without having to release any catch device, as has heretofore been the practice. Such catches usually stick or in some other way become inoperative.

Thus it will be seen that I have pro 'ided a wringer of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, in which the rollers are yieldably supported relative to each other in such a manner that a considerable amount of movement is provided for receiving goods of various thicknelses, and provided with means phersby the tension may be, instantly reease sleeves, means for movin This application is a substitute for my previously abandoned application v50,945 which was filed Aug. 18,1925.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wringer comprising a frame, a roller rotatively mounted therein, a second frame member adapted to move toward and from the first said frame member, a roller in said second frame member, yieldable means for moving the first frame member toward the second frame member, means for movin said first frame member from the second rame member against said yieldable means, comprisingashaft having a pair of eccentricall mounted disks, a lever secured to said she t and nieans for operatively connecting said eccentrics with said frames in such a manner that as the lever is operated and the shaft rotated the said frame members will be separated.

H ,2. A wringer comprising a horizontal frame member, each edge of which is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extending flange, each end of said frame member being provided with a pair of vertical openings, a second frame member above the first said frame member, having each end provided with a tending sleeves sli ably mounted within the openings of the first frame member, a

wringer rollerffor each of said frame members, a bar beneath each'pair of said sleeves, a bolt in each end-of each of said bars, said bolts extending upwardly into said sleeves, a sprin between the upper endof each of said bo ts and the lower end of each of said said bars down wardly for moving said rame members together and for applying yieldable pressure between said rollers, and means for quickly releasin said pressure and elevating the said second ramemember. I

3. A wringer comprising a horizontal frame member, each edge 'of which is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extending flange, each end of saidfframe member being provided with a pair of vertical openings, a second frame member above the \ided with a pair of downwardly extending sleeves slidably mounted in the openings of the first frame member, a wringer roller for each of said frame members,,a bar beneath each pair of said slceves, a bolt in each end of each of said bars, said bolts extending upwardly into said sleeves, a sJring between air of downwardly exfirst said frame member, having each end prothe upper end of each of sai bolts and the lower end of each of said sleeves, means for moving said bars downwardly to move saidframe members together and for applying yieldable pressure between said rollers, and means for quickly releasing said pressure and elevating the said second frame member, said last means comprising a pivoted. lever for each of said bars, each of said levers having its free end pivoted to one edge of one of 5. A wringer comprising a frame member,

said downwardly and outwardly extending a Wringer roller in said frame member, a secflanges, an eccentrlc device for imparting up- Ward and downward movement to the mov: able ends of said levers, and a lever for oper; ating said eccentric.

4. A Wringer comprising a frame member, a Wringer roller in said frame member, a second frame member, a Wringer roller in said second frame member, means for moving one frame member toward and from the other frame member and in parallel relation with each other. a lever pivotally connected to each end of said moving1neans,means for pivotally connectingthe opposite ends of said levers to v the first frame member, a disc adjacent to each of said levers and rotatively mounted in the first frame member, each of said levers being provided with a slot, a shaft extending through both of said slots and said disc and eccentric to said dise and a lever for one end of c said shaft.

0nd frame member, a wringer roller in said second frame member, means for moving one frame toward and from the other frame vmember in parallel relation with each other, a lever pivotally connected. to each end of said moving means, means for-pivotally connecting the opposite ends of said levers to the first frame member, a disc adjacent to each of said levers and rotatively mounted in the first frame member, each of said levers being provid d With -a slot, a, shaft extending throu both of said slots and said disc and eccentric to said disc, anda lever' for one end of said shaft, said moving means inclnid:

ing means for applying yieldable pressure to press said rollers together when said levers are. in one position of their-movement. c

Des Moines, Iovva, April 26, 1928.

- BERTA. sTOGKING. 

